tutting

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8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7

Definition of tutting

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tut
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verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tut
  2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tut

noun

  1. The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.
    “For all his tuttings about inexperienced amateurs, he had not taken in a word that Nansen had said.”
  2. A modern street dance style in which dancers position body parts in angular positions, especially moving the hands and fingers in intricate ways (finger-tutting).

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Etymology

From the English nickname Tut for Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, likening the geometric positions and right angles of the dance style to the perceived angularity of ancient Egyptian at.

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